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April 7, 2008
WWE's Director of Publicity Kevin Hennesy told FOX 5 "wrestlers can only be prescribed steroids by a physician which
is rare and only for a specific medical condition and it is usually taken orally." Hennesy added "If a wrestler
is injecting steroids for performance enhancement purposes that would be a matter for local law enforcement."
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December 15, 2007
Jake "The Snake" Roberts has entered a rehab program.
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September 2007
The main changes made to the wellness program and announced to the talent are:
New talent signed by WWE will need to be drug tested before being signed.
Marijuana testing will now be in effect by WWE. If tested positive, talent will be fined one thousand dollars each time
failed. Also, if tested positive for marijuana, talent will not be suspended and will not be included in their "three
strikes"rule.
The drug ...anti-estrogen...will be added to the banned items talent will be tested for.
From November 1st, talent who violate the Wellness Program will be made public by WWE.
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Those suspended by the WWE earlier in the week, were those on the Signature Pharmacy client list. These suspensions had nothing
to do with any drug testing the WWE had performed.
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August 30, 2007
Authorities allege that Signature Pharmacy illegally distributed steroids and other prescription drugs to clients who
had not by examined by doctors.
In an article on ESPN.com, Shaun Assael reported that the following current WWE wrestlers were named as clients of Signature:
Shoichi Funaki
Dave Bautista
Adam "Edge" Copeland (currently on injury leave)
Chris "Masters" Mordetsky
John "John Morrison" Hennigan
Shane Helms
Other current WWE wrestlers on the client list, as reported by the New York Daily News on its website are:
Randy Orton
Charles Haas, Jr.
Robert "Booker T" Huffman
Mike Bucci, aka Simon Dean
Anthony Carelli
Darren "William Regal" Matthews
Ken "Mr. Kennedy" Anderson
Chavo Guerrero Jr.
Also named in the ESPN article as Signature clients were Eddie Guerrero, Brian Adams (a.k.a. Crush) and Chris Benoit.
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The prescriptions included a variety of drugs such as anastrozole, somatropin, nandrolone, stanozolol and others in a time
period that ran as early as November 2003 and as recently as February 2007. The types of drugs and dates of the prescriptions
varied by wrestler.
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WWE
Drug Policy Update
January 17, 2006
WWE has been working diligently to complete its new wellness program for talent, which includes an aggressive drug and
steroid testing program and heightened cardiovascular monitoring. The company believes it has identified a third-party that
will be able to implement the program, which will be done independently of WWE, and is going through final phases of its due
diligence. WWE believes the program will be ready to implement before the end of the first quarter of 2006.
WWE faced a major steroid scandal in the 1990's
They have claimed to test for steroids, but, it is obvious to the any viewer that many of the wrestlers are taking something
to get their physiques to look so perfect.
In today's environment, a wrestler must carry either a very large amount of muscle or a tremendous amount of fat to give
him the larger than life size needed to be successful in the business and to avoid too much injuries. That extra weight, whether
muscle or fat, makes the heart work harder than normal
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Famous Wrestlers That Have Died Since 1985 Before the Age of 65
Chris Von Erich - 21
Mike Von Erich - 23
The Renegade - 23
Louie Spiccoli - 27
Art Barr - 28
Gino Hernandez - 29
Jay Youngblood - 30
Rick McGraw - 30
Joey Marella - 30
Ed Gatner - 31
Buzz Sawyer - 32
Crash Holly - 32
Kerry Von Erich - 33
D.J. Peterson - 33
Eddie Gilbert - 33
Owen Hart - 33
Chris Candido - 33
Adrian Adonis - 34
Gary Albright - 34
Bobby Duncum Jr. - 34
Yokozuna - 34
Big Dick Dudley - 34
Brian Pillman - 35
Marianna Komlos - 35
Pitbull #2 - 36
The Wall/Malice - 36
Leroy Brown - 38
Mark Curtis - 38
Eddie Guerrero - 38
Davey Boy Smith - 39
Johnny Grunge - 39
Vivian Vachon - 40
Jeep Swenson - 40
Brady Boone - 40
Terry Gordy - 40
Bertha Faye - 40
Billy Joe Travis - 40
Larry Cameron - 41
Rick Rude - 41
Randy Anderson - 41
Bruiser Brody - 42
Miss Elizabeth - 42
Big Boss Man - 42
Earthquake - 42
Ray Candy - 43
Dino Bravo - 44
Curt Hennig - 44
Jerry Blackwell - 45
Junkyard Dog - 45
Hercules - 45
Andre The Giant - 46
Big John Studd - 46
Chris Adams - 46
Mike Davis - 46
Hawk - 46
Dick Murdoch - 49
Jumbo Tsuruta - 49
Rocco Rock - 49
Moondog Spot - 51
Ken Timbs - 53
Uncle Elmer - 54
Pez Whatley - 54
Eddie Graham - 55
Tarzan Tyler - 55
Haystacks Calhoun- 55
Giant Haystacks - 55
The Spoiler - 56
Kurt Von Hess - 56
Moondog King - 56
Gene Anderson - 58
Dr. Jerry Graham - 58
Bulldog Brown - 58
Tony Parisi - 58
Rufus R. Jones - 60
Ray Stevens - 60
Stan Stasiak - 60
Terry Garvin - 60
Boris Malenko - 61
Little Beaver - 61
Sapphire - 61
Shohei Baba - 61
Dick the Bruiser - 62
Wilbur Snyder - 62
George Cannon - 62
Karl Krupp - 62
Dale Lewis - 62
Gorilla Monsoon - 62
Hiro Matsuda - 62
Bulldog Brower - 63
Wahoo McDaniel - 63
(Sources include: Pro Wrestling Illustrated Almanac, Obsessed with Wrestling.com, & Wrestling Information Archive)
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